Respond wisely to offensive speech
If my student group schedules a speaker on campus and you show up to shout down or obstruct the speaker, you aren’t exercising free speech — you’re trying to shut it down.
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Another chance to tout the zero tax bracket
A Louisiana lawmaker touts a plan that would mirror one of North Carolina's recent reforms.
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Excessive debt slows economic growth
The annual rate of economic growth from 1995 to 2014 was more than a percentage point lower than it would have been in the absence of America’s debt explosion.
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A ballooning federal debt no one is talking about
The only thing more worrying than the federal government’s recent announcement that the debt had reached $22 trillion, or 104 percent of GDP, was that it generated such little attention. In the 1980s and 1990s, by contrast, the issue was a central feature of the national…
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Arguments for Prohibition in 1917 hold no place for lawmakers today
As I listened Tuesday to a N.C. House committee discuss an alcohol bill, I thought about how America debated the 18th Amendment. In 1917, and for years after that. I thought about how we spoke to each other — those influenced by the…
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Train and pay principals wisely
Few missions will be as important, and as challenging, as preparing the next generation of principals to lead North Carolina’s schools.
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New instruction could help people get more month out of the money
A bipartisan state Senate bill focuses attention on the need for financial literacy.
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Manufacturing jobs on the rise
As we learn how to produce more food, clothing, shelter, and other goods at a lower cost, that allows us to improve our standard of living by producing and consuming services.
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Teen girls face myriad challenges, pressure from many sides
It’s tough to be a teen girl today. Youth depression has risen significantly over the past decade, the uptick coming primarily from girls. The mother of a 17-year-old girl, I know pressures are high. Smartphones and social media fuel constant connection and comparison. Achievement expectations and perfectionism raise…
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Questions justices could have asked about N.C. gerrymandering
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent oral arguments in North Carolina's congressional redistricting case omitted key points.